Grandma Harrod's Birthday at Greer 1914

This photo was published September 2, 1966 under the headline "Birthday Observed at Greer in 1914".

"The above picture is of a group who attended  Grandma Harrod's 93rd birthday anniversary held at the Ira Williams residence at Greer, Missouri on May 28, 1914.

Mrs. Beulah Whitehead of Thayer furnished the picture and she and her daughters were in the group.

They are, front row: left to right:

Syntha Kent, Dan Pitts, Sylvia Robinson, ___ Robinson, Grace Whitehead, Nora Harrod, Dora Harrod, Vera Whitehead, Mike Hall, Ray Hall, Depho Hall, Kent boy, Kent baby, Cora Kent.

Second row, left to right:

Guy Williams, Clyde Williams, Dunigan boy, George Harrod, Grandma Harrod, her 93rd birthday, Lyda Blankenship, Billy Harrod, Mrs. Roberts.

Third row, left to right:

Oscar Cauhorn, Helen Dunigan, Anice Dunigan, George Morman, Alta Morman, Ira Williams, Mrs. Ira Williams (Catherine Harrod), Tom Barrett, Gib Hall, Tom Kent.

Fourth Row, left to right:

Gladys Whitehead, R.M. (Dick) Johnson, Ray Hall, Hall girl, Ann Hall, Mrs. Morman, Mrs. Cowhorn, Beulah Whitehead, Mittie Hall, Mrs. Tinsley, Mrs. Pitts, Mrs. R.M. Johnson, and Gibb Hall.

Back row, left to right:

Carlus Pitts, Everett Williams, Rosa Smith, Golda Pitts, Rachel Shehorn, Maude Waller, Laura Gazaway, Amy Waller, unknown, Walter Hall and Laura Williams.

Grandma Harrod was born Nancy Ellen Allison, daughter of Joseph Allison and Mary Ragsdale.

A copy of her obituary from an undated newspaper clipping was mailed to me by Mrs. Jean Schmelzla, Box 103, Fulton, KS 66738-0103, presumably this was printed in the Oregon County newspaper: 

"Harrod - Nancy Harrod was born in Indiana, May 28, 1821; died Dec. 1, 1918, aged 97 years, 6 months, 3 days. She was twice married: first in 1840 to Mr. Peachee; 2 girls were born to this union, both yet living. The first husband died in 1843, and in 1847 she married William Harrod. Of this marriage were born 4 boys and 4 girls (one set of twins); children all living except 2. She came with her family to Missouri in 1880; 5 children came with them, 4 still live near where they first settled, and were at her bedside when the end came. She was left a widow again in 1886 and remained so until death. She made her home with a daughter who is also a widow. Her children all married and she had a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. At the age of 20 years she became a member of the Church of Christ, and lived faithfully 77 years, longer than most of us expect to live on earth. She loved the church, was always interested in its welfare. She was a great reader, read many good, useful books, and among them she did not forget her Bible. Her mind was filled with good, useful knowledge. She loved company and was always glad when any one called, especially preachers or members of the Church. Her hearing was faulty, and her eye sight became so the last few years; but her memory was excellent, and it did one good to sit and talk with her -- she knew so much to tell. She was always ambitious and her love for work never left her. She made her own bed, washed dishes, set table, ironed, and helped with all the work -- would even draw water if they did not watch her, and bring in wood. I was well acquainted with "Grandma" (as she was called by all her friends), having known her family 44 years. She was a friend to all and gave all good advice. Those of her family who have not obeyed the Gospel should heed her timely warning and make their peace with God sure. She was taken away by the dreaded influenza. It is hard to think she will never reach her hand to us again, but she has gone where goodbys and partings never come. Funeral service held at Hickory Grove Church house, conducted by Bro. J. N. Florea, who paid just tribute to her nobel life and gave it as a model for us to live by. After service the body was laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery near the church house she loved.

Farewell, Grandma, thou hast left us,

And our loss we deeply feel;

But God knew best and so he called you,

And to His will we all must yield.

Our loss is Heaven's gain.

She is safe in the arms of Jesus

Safe on His gentle breast;

There by His love o'er shadowed,

Sweetly her soul shall rest. -Amanda Harrington, Alton, Mo.  

John Harrod Jr. and Rachel Shepherd

  

MAJOR JOHN HARROD JR. (5944). (John Harrod had two sons by his first wife, John and Thomas. Source Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174. She was killed by Indians per Rachel Henton's book which reads, "John Harrod, great grandfather to Rachel Henton on her mother's side, came from England to America some years before the American Revolution . . . his wife was killed by Indians . . . he married again and had children by his second wife but where he lived afterwards or what became of him is not known now.")103 104    

John Harrod Jr. was born between 1727 and 1736 (John Herrod, son of John Harwood, is mentioned  by his death record in the Henton note book to have been born in 1736. This would suggest he was the first born son of the second marriage of John Harrod and Sarah Moore which is contradicted by other records. Swainson’s article in the Filson Club Quarterly says John was a son of John Harrod's first wife and cites Draper Mss as the source. I think the later is more likely correct. The Tenmile Country says he was born in Chester Co., Pennsylvania about 1734 as does the Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Archives Vol. 3. The Appalachian Frontier says “He settled in New Jersey across the Delaware River and a little later south of Philadelphia. There, his (John Harrod Sr) first two sons were born Thomas in 1724 and John, Jr., in 1727. Audrey Merriman says he was born 1727 on the Shenandoah in the valley of Virginia. American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania says John Harrod was born 1736. 105    

His first known record of military service was in 1753 Frederick Co., Maryland (He was in the French & Indian Wars, was captured and taken to Ft. Pitt. Member, Pennsylvania Light Horse Regt. per Bouquet Papers, 21644, vol. 2, p. 182; same, 21655, p. 103 as reported in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Archives Vol. 3 106    

Audrey Merriman says he served as a volunteer in an expedition under Lt. Col. George Washington in 1754 but he had been a private in the Militia in Maryland before this. He served at Wills Creek, Forks of the Ohio, & was severely wounded & received a pension granted him by the Virginia House of Burgesses.  107    

He and JOHN COOMBS (3323) executed a deed on 3 Jul 1758 Shenandoah River, Frederick Co., Virginia (Frederick Co., Virgina deeds V. 1 p. 166 (Bk. 4, page 369 of the original deed book) Lease between John Harrold Jun. of Frederick County to John Combs of said county, 5 shillings, land on the south side of Shenandoah River, the same land purchased by said John Harrold Jun. from Aaron Harrold by deed of L & R in County Court of Frederick, corner to James Harrold's land, 78 acres. Signed John Harrell [sic] Witnessed by Hugh West, Jno. Lindsey Jun., James Wood Jun..108  Note: His name was misspelled several times in that deed.

He married RACHEL SHEPHERD (5945) on 5 Aug 1758 Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.(Harrod Family Genealogy,  page 117 "John Harrod & Rachel Sheperd was married August 5th 1758" Added in different handwriting is "in Pennsylvania near Germantown, Philadelphia Co., and raised all their family at that place." Philadelphia is scratched out and "Fayette" written in. Fayette wasn't formed until 1783. Source: Rachel Henton's book. This conflicts with the statement made by William Harrod, son of John Jr., and Rachel Harrod, in his application for a pension. He said he "believed he was born in Berkeley County, Virginia on 26 Sept. 1764. . . that he was a resident of Bedford County, Pa." when he entered service in 1780. Note that he gave his birth date as 26 Sept. 1764, but it appears in Rachel Henton's book as Dec. 21. 1765. Audrey Merriman says “He married and brought his wife home to live with his stepmother, Sarah. He always remained on his father's plantation but his stepmother moved on with James to Ten Mile Creek. He had one known son, Thomas Harrod.”109    

In about 1768 he moved to Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.(Hereward Records and Papers, page 322.” Moved to Bedford County after the French and Indian War per Scioto Gazette West Reserve Hist. So. Cleveland, Ohio V. IV p. 156.”)110    

He paid taxes between 1768 and 1771 in Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. (Hereward Records and Papers, “page 211. John Herrod paid taxes on 50 acres. He probably lived on his deceased father's land in Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania by 1767-8.111   

He and Capt. Evan Shelby Jr. witnessed a will in 1770 Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.(Helynn Carrier “John Harrod and Evan Shelby witnessed the will of James Ballo, per Carlisle, Book A P Wills, p. 131” and American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania “p. 96 “In 1770, the will of James Balls was dated and probated, naming a grandson Jonathan Shelby, a daughter Elizabeth and the witnesses Wm. John, Evan Shelby, John Harrod, Ayr Township.”).112    

He paid taxes again in 1774 in Little Cove, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.(Hereward Records, p. 266)113    

He entered military service again on 9 Nov 1776 Pennsylvania.(Hereward Records and Papers, p. 253 pages 253. He was commissioned Quatermaster sergeant under the command of Lt. Evenezer Stevens. Source: Penna. Mag. Hist. & Bio. Vol. 24; Tenmile Country, p. 247 As a major in the Revolution he was captured when serving in Col. Parker's Regiment under Baron DeKalb. He was taken to Canada but after returning, his injuries made him unable to do further service and he retired to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. 114    

He paid taxes again in  1779 Ayr Twp., Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. (Bedford Co., Pennsylvania 1779-1784 (p. 18 He was listed as John Herod. He had no land, 3 horses and 5 head of cattle)115    

He died on 28 Dec 1781 Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.116    

John Harrod of Colonial Pennsylvana

I.  JOHN HARROD (5151) was born before 1707 in England (probably in the county of Bedford or Bucks). 

 

He might have immigrated in 1712 to New Jersey where a John Harrod served in the militia in 1715 Monmouth Co., New Jersey, as a Sergeant,  and he might have lived circa 1722  in New Jersey.   

He possibly married Mary Ames on 5 Jan 1727, but I haven’t found anything that verifies the name of his first wife who was killed by Indians. Most accounts list her as unknown.  He was away from home when Indians attacked his first wife in about 1732/33 in Little Cove, Pennsylvania.  ("In about 1732 or 1733, when Harrod and the two little boys by his first wife had gone on an occasion to visit some nearby relatives, and when the wife was busily engaged with the usual duties of a pioneer home, some Indians observed that she was alone. They broke in and killed her, plundered the house of all they wanted, and even cut off her hand in order to obtain the wedding ring Harrod had given her in England. They set fire to the house, and Harrod, seeing the smoke from his burning home, rushed back as quickly as possible.  As he approached, the Indians ran into the forest before he could get a shot at them. Upon his arrival, he was horrified to find that his wife had been killed and scalped. He discovered her hand in the canoe which the Indians had loaded with plunder from the house.")   

He married SARAH MOORE (5941), daughter of JOHN MOORE (7621) and ELIZABETH _______________ (7622), circa 1734 near the Shenandoah River, Virginia. (“My grandfather married my grandmother in Shenandoah Valley in 1736. She was named Sarah Moore. She was his second wife. He had a family by his first wife whose name I do not know. These were Thomas and John." Draper Mss. 371167)  (Chronicles of Border Wars p. 190 James Harrod's father emigrated from England to Virginia about 1734, and was one of the first settlers on the Shenandoah, in the Valley of Virginia. One of his sons, Samuel, accompanied Michael Stoner on his famous western hunting and exploring trip in 1767, another, William, born at the new family seat at Big Cove, in what is now Bedford County, Pa., served with distinction under George Rogers Clark.   Another source says he moved in 1734 from Wales. (John Herrod (Harrod) was one of the early Welsh settlers in the Little Cove and Connallaways (now Tonolloway) in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. According to Draper, John Harrod came to America in 1734, name of wife unknown.   

He moved in about 1737 to Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.("The settlers in the Little Cove (now Franclin County) and on the Conolloways, at the time of Secretary Peters' visit to the Big Cove were: Joseph Coombs, John Herrod, Elias Stillwell, Rees Shelby, Levi Moore, Andrew Coombe, . . . By an act of March 29, 1798 all that part of Bedford, called the Little Cove and lying east of a line to begin in the Maryland line near the Great Cove or Tuscarora mountain . . . intersects the present line between Bedford and Frankkin Counties was annexed to Montgomery Township, Franklin County.) Note: Frederick County, Virginia was created out of northern portions of Augusta and Orange Counties, Frederick began to function as a political unit around 1743. Frederick county people came from several different sources: German and Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania and Maryland, English settlers migrated to Hite's Fort near present Stephens City. English settlers from coastal counties also came there per Frederick County Marriages 1738 - 1850 by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr

He appeared on the tax list between 1740 and 1750 in Little Cove, Peters Twp., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania.   

Between 1747 and 1750 he lived in Big Cove, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. (Source: Pennsylvania Colonial Records. In a letter of May 1750 from Secretary Richard Peters to the Colonial governor, secretary Peters had been sent into what is now Cumberland and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania to warn people off the land which had not yet been purchased from the Indians. It was on this trip that the story of the "Burnt Cabins" occurred. Trader George Croghan was with Peters in the Augwick Valley where he had a home. When the commission went to the Little Cove and Big Cove, they report that they ordered a number of persons off their improvements, including John Harrod. This was at a time when William Harrod Jr. reports that his grandfather as living in the Big Cove. It was the same area that saw James and William Harrod begin their military service under Forbes and where William Harrod got his first commission a few years later. John Harrod had been there at least 3 years)

Between 31 May 1749 and early 1750 an area of land was in dispute between  Frederick Co., Maryland and Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania between 31 May 1749 and __ ___ 1750 Little Cove, Pennsylvania/Maryland. A petition was circulated favoring Pennsylvania and John Harrod signed it.  (Conolloway Letter of Late 1749 or Early 1750 Source: Minutes of the Provincial Council, pages 453 & 454)

"Petition of the Settlers of the Little Cove on the Temporary Line,

"To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, &

"The Petition of Subscribers, Inhabitants of small Tracts of Land situate Westward of the Kittochtinny or Blue Hills, at a place known by the Name of the Little Cove and Conolloway's Creek, humbly sheweth:

"Whereas, sundry Inhabitants of the Province of Maryland (some of 'em vested with Authority) divers times within these three Years past have attempted to survey and take possession of the aforesaid Tracts, being at or near where the Temporary Line when extended will run, as we believe; We, therefore, willing to live under the Protection of the good Constitution and Government of the Province of Pennsylvania, have hitherto prevented the various Attempts of the People of Maryland, and have preseumed to seat ourselves and made small improvements on the said lands.

"As we have done this purely to defend it from the People of Maryland, and not in contempt of the laws of the Province of Pennsylvania nor the Governor's Proclamation, we humbly pray that we may be permitted to live on our respective Improvements at least until the Temporary Line shall be extended.

"And your Petitioners shall pray, &

Whether the Tonoloways Settlement was actually in  Frederick Co, MD or Cumberland Co, PA was unresolved, and whether it was Indian land or not even a more critical issue.

Joseph Coombs, John Harrod and Andrew Coombs were 3 of the 21 men who signed.

John Harrod was on the tax list in 1750 Little Cove District, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.  

In May 1750 he lived in  Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (this was Lancaster County until 1750 when Cumberland County was formed).

In 1753 Frederick Co., Maryland. John and William Hearwood were on the muster roll of Capt. Moses Chapline during the French and Indian war. (Sheperdstown was across the Potomac River from Frederick Co., Maryland and was close enough for relatives living on both sides of the river to keep in touch. The nearest fort was probably on the Maryland side. This may account for the names of John and Willaim Harrod (Harwood) being on the roll of Capt. Chapline's Company in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1753. William was living in Little Cove at the time. It was just over the line in Pennsylvania. John enlisted as a corporal and was promoted to sergeant.)

John Harrod was on the list of the Ft. Necessity battlefield  3 Jul 1754 Fort Necessity, Virginia / Pennsylvania. This area is now located in Farmington, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.   

 

The reconstructed Fort Necessity.

On 2 Nov 1755 a tragedy occurred at Big Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. p. 54. "In the morning of Sunday, the 2d of November, the Indian allies of the French attacked the Great Cove settlement, Cumberland County, killed six persons, and carried away seventeen prisoners. On the same day Benjamin Chambers wrote from Fallow Spring (source Col. Rec., vol. vi. p. 675) 'To the Inhabitants of the Lower Part of the county of Cumberland. If you intend to go to the assistance of your neighbors, you need not wait any longer for Certainty of News. The Great Cove is destroyed. James Campbell left this Company last night and went to the Fort at Mr. Steel's Meeting House, and there saw some of the Inhabitants of the Great Cove, who gave this account, that as they came over the Hill they saw their houses in flames. The messenger says there is but one hundred, and that they divided into two parts, the one part to go against the Cove, and the other against the Conolloways and that there are no French among them. They are Delaware and Shawanese. . . The people of the Cove that came off saw several men lying dead; they heard the murder shout and the firing of Guns, and saw the Indians going into the Houses that they had come out of before they left sight of the Cove. . . '"  

3 Nov 1755 Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. "On the day following the massacre and burning at Great Cove the settlements at Little Cove and Conoloways were attacked, all the houses burned, and several persons carried away as prisoners. Mr. Potter, sheriff of Cumberland County, reported 'that of ninety-three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways forty-seven were either killed or taken and the rest deserted.'”    

It is possible that John Harrod, Sr. died in this war with the Indians and some researchers believe that he did, but Chronicles of Border Warfare reports, “"In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharmed to Fort Littleton. Fort Littleton was a 100-foot square stockade with four bastions. It was used by the Pennsylvinia colonial militia. This fort no longer exists. It was located just northeast of the town. The name of the town was later altered."

John Harrod had died before 24 Mar 1767 Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania after paying taxes and before his son William bought Buchanan's land described as adjoining lands of John Harwood deceased. Alexander Buchanan sold a tract of land to William Harrod. It was located on the northeast by the lands of 'John Harwood, deceased' . . . in Little Cove, Air Twp., Cumberland Co. . . '. The name is spelled Harwood in the deed but a Note Bene is signed by William as 'Wm. Harrod' per Draper Manuscripts 4NN3. His grandson, William Harrod Jr., said that John died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167 (a letter), but Major John Griffin Fauntleroy who married Margaret Harrod said that James was born in 1746 on the eastern of the Susquehannah and Potomac region as informed by William Harrod . . . James was attached to a company of men at 14 years of age' per Draper MSS 12C23 and 12C22. Mrs. James Harrod, age 86 in 1842, said her husband was 10 years older than she which would make him born in 1746 as Fauntleroy states per Draper MSS 12C22. John Harrod Sr. was deceased before March 24, 1767, when his son William bought Buchanan's land in Ayr Twp., Cumberland County. This land was described as "bounded by the lands of John Harwood deceased . . ." The description indicates that his estate had not been settled and hence that John Jr. was not the owner and would not have paid the taxes on 100 acres recorded as having been paid by John Harrod in 1763 and 1767. 

Sources and notes:

Helynn M. Carrier (deceased), Another Fresh Start in the Search for "My" William Harrod (601 South Baywood Ave., San Jose, CA 95128-3302: privately published, November 7, 1998).  

William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, page 1, source The Harrods of Happy Hollow by Homer C. Richie, shows no documentary evidence. Says James Harrod came from Bedfordshire, England ca. 1717 with his wife and sons; Audrey Merriman, "John Harrod Family Group Sheet", 12 November 1984 (624 Carola St., Creve Coeur, IL 61611). Her sources were "James Harrod of Kentucky" by K.H. Mason, "Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants" by Fowler pp. 57-8, "The Ten Mile Country and It's Pioneer Families" by H.S. Leckey p. 20 & p. 11., "John Harrod I came with his father and brothers and lived first in New Jersey, came about 1712. His father was James Harrod. Later he settled on the Shenandoah in the Valley of Virginia". "John Harrod FGS;" Cheryl Paulson, "Harrod Family Group Sheets", 2 Nov. 1984 (328 Dawn Court, Ridgecrest, CA 93555). No source citations were provided.. 

Bernice Lewis Swainson, "Harrod Family Genealogy and The Moore Family," The Filson Club History Quarterly  Vol. 32, No. 2 and 3 (April - July 1958): page 111 He was born in England, probably in the county of Bedford or Bucks. and Life on the Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, The author of this paper says he was born in 1700 and came from Bedfordshire, England. 

 Merriman, "John Harrod FGS", Her sources were "James Harrod of Kentucky" by K.H. Mason, "Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants" by Fowler pp. 57-8, "The Ten Mile Country and It's Pioneer Families" by H.S. Leckey p. 20 & p. 11., "John Harrod I came with his father and brothers and lived first in New Jersey, came about 1712. His father was James Harrod."

Howard L. Leckey, compiler, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1935 Sampson Dr., Appollo, PA 15613-9208: Closson Press, 1997), p. 9, 240. A John Harrod was a sergeant in the Militia there. He served under the command of Col. Pfarmer and Capt. Leonard. Source: Old East New York Vol. 5, pp. 670. A David Harrod was on the tax list there in 1714. Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", p. 108. She says that John Herod who was a sergeant in Capt. Farmer's Company of Militia at Woodbridge, New Jersey was probably a son of David Herriott of Woodbridge, whose will was dated 10 Aug. 1725. There was a John Harwood who lived at Amboy, New Jersey in 1731.

Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, He settled in New Jersey across the Delaware River and a little later south of Philadelphia.The author of this paper says he came from Bedfordshire, England.

 "Harrod Family", No source citations were provided., p. Says he married Mary Ames  5 Jan 1727 but can this be verified?

 Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, In about 1732 or 1733, when Harrod and the two little boys had gone on an occasion to visit some nearby relatives, and when the wife was busily engaged with the usual duties of a pioneer home, some Indians observed that she was alone. They broke in and killed her, plundered the house of all they wanted, and even cut off her hand in order to obtain the wedding ring Harrod had given her in England. They set fire to the house, and Harrod, seeing the smoke from his burning home, rushed back as quickly as possible.  As he approached, the Indians ran into the forest before he could get a shot at them. Upon his arrival, he was horrified to find that his wife had been killed and scalped. He discovered her hand in the canoe which the Indians had loaded with plunder from the house

 

Susan W. Atkins, compiler, Hereward Records and Papers 1620-1940: 329 Years of History and Genealogy (Greenfield, IN: privately published, 1940), page 171 William Harrod Jr., son of Captain William Harrod to Dr. Draper, "I do not remember the name of my grandfather. Possibly is was Thomas or Samuel. My grandfather married my grandmother in Shenandoah Valley in 1736. She was named Sarah Moore. She was his second wife. He had a family by his first wife whose name I do not know. These were Thomas and John." Draper Mss. 371167; Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", p. 109. "Mrs. Susan W. Atkins used a 'quotation' which she said was taken from the Draper Collection. It refers to the marriage of John Harrod and Sarah Moore and reads: 'in the Shenandoah Valley in 1736.' The original record does not contain a date and reads: 'married Sarah Moore on Shenandoah; eldest son Samuel was born there;' Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, He remarried, this time to Sarah Moore, of Maryland; Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 112 After his first wife was killed by Indians, John removed to Virginia where, about 1734, he married Sarah Moore 'on Shenandoah' and where some of their children were born. Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174 and Wither's Chronicles of Border Warfare (1912 edited by Reuben G. Thwaites) p. 190, Sketch of William Harrod.

 Alexander Scott Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites of Northwestern Virginia and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State (Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1895, 1970), p. 190 James Harrod's father emigrated from England to Virginia about 1734, and was one of the first settlers on the Shenandoah, in the Valley of Virginia. One of his sons, Samuel, accompanied Michael Stoner on his famous western hunting and exploring trip in 1767, another, William, born at the new family seat at Big Cove, in what is now Bedford County, Pa., served with distinction under George Rogers Clark..

 Virginia Shannon Fendrick, compiler, American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: DAR: Franklin County Chapter, ca 1944), p. 96 John Herrod (Harrod) was one of the early Welsh settlers in the Little Cove and Connallaways (now Tonolloway) in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. According to Draper, John Harrod came to America in 1734, name of wife unknown.. 

 

Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, They moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where they established a new home. Here John's third son, Samuel was born in 1735.

 Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, After two years, the family moved to Little Cove, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

 Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 171 and 178; unknown author, History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania 1884 (Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884), p. 595 "The settlers in the Little Cove (now Franclin County) and on the Conolloways, at the time of Secretary Peters' visit to the Big Cove were: Joseph Coombs, John Herrod, Elias Stillwell, Rees Shelby, Levi Moore, Andrew Coombe, . . . " "By an act of March 29, 1798 all that part of Bedford, called the Little Cove and lying east of a line to begin in the Maryland line near the Great Cove or Tuscarora mountain . . . intersects the present line between Bedford and Franlkin Counties was annexed to Montgomery Towhnship, Franklin County..

 This was Lancaster County until 1750 when Cumberland was formed; Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country, pp. 244, 247 Source: Pennsylvania Colonial Records. In a letter of May 1750 from Secretary Richard Peters to the Colonial governor, secretary Peters had been sent into what is now Cumberland and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania to warn people off the land which had not yet been purchased from the Indians. It was on this trip that the story of the "Burnt Cabins" occurred. Trader George Croghan was with Peters in the Augwick Valley where he had a home. When the commission went to the Little Cove and Big Cove, they report that they ordered a number of persons off their improvements, including John Harrod. This was at a time when William Harrod Jr. reports that his grandfather as living in the Big Cove. It was the same area that saw James and William Harrod begin their military service under Forbes and where William Harrod got his first commission a few years later. John Harrod had been there at least 3 years.

 

Coombs Family Organization, online http://www.combs-families.org/, Conolloway Letter of Late 1749 or Early 1750 (Source: Minutes of the Provincial Council, pages 453 & 454)

"Petition of the Settlers of the Little Cove on the Temporary Line,

"To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, &

"The Petition of Subscribers, Inhabitants of small Tracts of Land situate Westward of the Kittochtinny or Blue Hills, at a place known by the Name of the Little Cove and Conolloway's Creek, humbly sheweth:

"Whereas, sundry Inhabitants of the Province of Maryland (some of 'em vested with Authority) divers times within these three Years past have attempted to survey and take possession of the aforesaid Tracts, being at or near where the Temporary Line when extended will run, as we believe; We, therefore, willing to live under the Protection of the good Constitution and Government of the Province of Pennsylvania, have hitherto prevented the various Attempts of the People of Maryland, and have preseumed to seat ourselves and made small improvements on the said lands.

"As we have done this purely to defend it from the People of Maryland, and not in contempt of the laws of the Province of Pennsylvania nor the Governor's Proclamation, we humbly pray that we may be permitted to live on our respective Improvements at least until the Temporary Line shall be extended.

"And your Petitioners shall pray, &

Whether the Tonoloways Settlement was actually in  Frederick Co, MD or Cumberland Co, PA was unresolved, and whether it was Indian land or not even a more critical issue.

Joseph Coombs, John Harrod and Andrew Coombs were 3 of the 21 men who signed.

 

Per History of Bedford County, Chapter XXXVIII, The settlers at the Little Cove & Conalloways were Joseph Coombe, John Herrod, Rees Shelby, William Morgan, Andrew Coombs and others; Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, page 266

  

Minutes of Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 5 pp. 453-4.

 

Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 200-201. John and William Hearwood were on the muster roll of Capt. Moses Chapline during the French and Indian war; aSwainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 115 Sheperdstown was across the Potomac River from Frederick Co., Maryland and was close enough for relatives living on both sides of the river to keep in touch. The nearest fort was probably on the Maryland side. This may account for the names of John and Willaim Harrod (Harwood) being on the roll of Capt. Chapline's Company in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1753. William was living in Little Cove at the time. It was just over the line in Pennsylvania.

 Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 199-200. John Harrod, first as a Corporal and later as a Sargeant was on the Muster Roll of Capt. Joseph Chapline.

  Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Roster of Virginia Militia, online http://www.nps.gov/fone/rostersep.htm, Perhaps the John Harwood on this list was John Harrod. This area is now located in Farmington, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Fort Necessity Roster.

 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men (1882; reprint 1935 Sampson Drive, Apollo, PA 15613-9208: Closson Press, 1999), p. 54. "In the morning of Sunday, the 2d of November, the Indian allies of the French attacked the Great Cove settlement, Cumberland County, killed six persons, and carried away seventeen prisioners. On the same day Benjamin Chambers wrote from Fallow Spring (source Col. Rec., vol. vi. p. 675) 'To the Inhabitants of the Lower Part of the county of Cumberland. If you intend to go to the assistance of your neighbors, you need not wait any longer for Certainty of News. The Great Cove is destroyed. James Campbell left this Company last night and went to the Fort at Mr. Steel's Meeting House, and there saw some of the Inhabitants of the Great Cove, who gave this account, that as they came over the Hill they saw their houses in flames. The messenger says there is but one hundred, and that they divided into two parts, the one part to go against the Cove, and the other against the Conolloways and that there are no French among them. They are Delaware and Shawanese. . . The people of the Cove that came off saw several men lying dead; they heard the murder shout and the firing of Guns, and saw the Indians going into the Houses that they had come out of before they left sight of the Cove. . . '". 

 Crumrine, History of Washington Co PA, p. 54. "On the day following the massacre and burning at Great Cove the settlements at Little Cove and Conoloways were attacked, all the houses burned, and several persons carried away as prisoners. Mr. Potter, sheriff of Cumberland County, reported 'that of ninety-three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways forty-seven were either killed or taken and the rest deserted.'"

 Harry E. Foreman, "The Story of the Fort," Kittochtinny Historical Society: Papers Read Before the Society  Vol. XV (2 April 1964): p. 54 "The writer is certain that some of the Harrods were in the fort when it was attacked. I believe this is where and when John Harrod, Sr. died in 1755.". Hereinafter cited as "Story of the Fort;" Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare, p. 190 "In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharbed to Fort Littleton."

 Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 211, 221 On 24 March 1767 William bought Buchanan's land described as adjoining lands of John Harwood deceased. I believe John Sr. died in about 1755; aSwainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 113  On March 24, 1767, Alexander Buchanan sold a tract of land to William Harrod. It was located on the northeast by the lands of 'John Harwood, deceased' . . . in Little Cove, Air Twp., Cumberland Co. . . '. The name is spelled Harwood in the deed but a Note Bene is signed by William as 'Wm. Harrod' per Draper Manuscripts 4NN3. His grandson, William Harrod Jr., said that John died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167 (a letter), but Major John Griffin Fauntleroy who married Margaret Harrod said that James was born in 1746 on the eastern of the Susquehannah and Potomac region as informed by William Harrod . . . James was attached to a company of men at 14 years of age' per Draper MSS 12C23 and 12C22. Mrs. James Harrod, age 86 in 1842, said her husband was 10 years older than she which would make him born in 1746 as Fauntleroy states per Draper MSS 12C22. John Harrod Sr. was deceased before March 24, 1767, when his son William bought Buchanan's land in Ayr Twp., Cumberland County. This land was described as "bounded by the lands of John Harwood deceased . . ." The description indicates that his estate had not been settled and hence that John Jr. was not the owner and would not have paid the taxes on 100 acres recorded as having been paid by John Harrod in 1763 and 1767; Coombs Families, online http://www.combs-families.org/, Perhaps he died in an Indian attack described in Coombs Fort of the Tonoloways Settlement of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1 Nov. 1755  A party of about one hundred Indians (Shawnees & Delawares) entered the Great Cove and began murdering the defenseless inhabitants and destroying their property. The savages divided into two parties, one of which attacked the inhabitants of the Cove, and the other swept down upon the Conolloways. All the settlers who had warning of the approach of the savages fled. Many thus saved their lives, and going into the neighboring settlements, gave the alarm to the inhabitants....On November 14 (1755) Sheriff Potter made the following statement to Provincial authorities in Philadelphia "Twenty seven plantations were burnt and a great quantity of cattle killed. A woman ninety three years of age was found lying killed, with her breast torn off and a stake run through her body. Of ninety three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways, forty seven were either killed or taken and the rest had deserted." [ History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA (1884)]; Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, He died in 1754; Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare, p. 190 "In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharmed to Fort Littleton."

Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 112 John Harrod had two sons by his first wife, John and Thomas. Her source was the Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174. She was killed by Indians per Rachel Henton's book; Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, Segment Two - A page 18 - per Mary Carroll Hillis; Cheryl Paulson, "Harrod Family Group Sheets", 2 Nov. 1984 (328 Dawn Court, Ridgecrest, CA 93555). No source citations were provided.

William Ellsworth Harrod

William Ellsworth Harrod

Son of William M. Harrod and Nancy Ellen Allison

 

WILLIAM ELLSWORTH HARROD was born on 19 Jun 1861 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.  

He relocated in 1880 to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.   

He was a Justice of the Peace after 1880 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.   

He married CATHERINE (KATE) STROSNIDER on 28 Oct 1889 in Oregon Co., Missouri. 

 Kate Strosnider Harrod and Nora Harrod

He was on the tax list in 1890 in Oregon Co., Missouri.   

In1890 he moved to Blackwell, Oklahoma where he worked as an Indian Agent.   

Before 1918 he relocated to Shannon Co., Missouri.  

He appeared on the census of 1930 in Woodside Twp., Oregon Co., Missouri.   

William Howard Morman wrote an article titled "History of Greer Mill" which was published in The Missouri Historical Review Volume LXVI Number 4 July 1972. Morman cites conversations with William Harrod between 1930 and 1939 as a source of information. 

William Harrod was a school teacher in Carter and Oregon Counties.  

He died on 11 Dec 1948 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 87 and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.

The children of William Ellsworth Harrod and Kate Strosnider were:

  
    NORA ELLEN HARROD born on 4 Feb 1891.   She married ERNEST HENRY LOHR on 12 Nov 1911 in Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri.   Before 11 Dec 1948 she lived in Thayer, Missouri.   She died on 17 Sep 1959 at age 68.

   
    DORA ANN HARROD was born on 14 Apr 1904 in Blackwell, Oklahoma.  She married RALPH N. PHILLIPS on 24 Jan 1944 in Winona, Shannon Co., Missouri.  Before 11 Dec 1948 she resided in Winona, Shannon Co., Missouri.  She died on 12 Apr 1985 in West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri, at age 80.  She was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri.
   
    ALICE T. HARROD was born on 11 Apr 1911.   She married a Mr. RILEY before 11 Dec 1948.   By 11 Dec 1948 she lived in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.   She died on 21 Jul 1986 at age 75.

James Harrod in 1790

Court records on Natchez reveal details of a trip made by Henry French of Kentucky who arrived in Natchez in April or May 1790.

Colonel Turner Williams was empowered by Peter Walker and John Tear, both of Kentucky, to seek and restore slaves for them. He stated that he found them in possession of Andrew Beall of the Natchez District.

James Harrod was summoned and he appeared as a witness. He testified that he knew the negro Isaac in Kentucky and he was in possession of James McFadden who brought him from North Carolina to Henry French who later told deponent that he wanted to take his slaves to another country or he would lose them. The deponent was preparing to make a voyage and French arranged to come along with him and brought four slaves. He left on a flat boat and French, who had come down the river in a pirogue, got on his flat boat. "When we came to Great Falls, our only stop, Henry French hid the Negroes."

Turner Williams reported he was not able to locate all the slaves and that he would have to go back to Kentucky....

However, while in Natchez, Williams bought a slave, Peter, from Silas McBee "citizen of America", June 2, 1790.

Source: Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823 by Dorothy Williams Potter

John Harrod of Franklin County, Tennessee

John Harrod of Franklin Co., Tennessee obtained a passport to travel to Adams County, Mississippi:

John Harrod from the state of Tennessee and Franklin County appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and makes oath that negroes Patience, Silla and Mary, who he left at the Agency at the Choctaw nation are his slaves and that he wishes to bring them to the Mississippi Territory. 

Witness my hand the 27th May 1811.

Signed: D Rawlings [J.P]

On the reverse:

John Harrod, Affidavit for passport, 27th May 1811. 

Source: Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823: Indian, Spanish and other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia North and South Carolina by Dorothy Williams Potter

Helynn Carrier's manuscript* includes the following Harrod individuals in Franklin Co., Tennessee:

James Harrod appears 1820 census Franklin Co., TN
Levi Harrod appears 1820 census Franklin Co., TN
Peter Harrod appears 1840 census Franklin Co., TN
Rachel Harrod appears 1840 census Franklin Co., TN

*This is Helynn's final manuscript before her death. A copy was obtained from Helynn's nephew by Michael Schwing who provided a copy to me.

William Harrod and Letitia Coombs of Indiana

William Harrod and Letitia Coombs

Clark County, Indiana

Note: I have been unable to find any definitive proof of the parents of George W. Harrod, but because he and William Harrod and Letitia Coombs lived near one another in Clark Co., Indiana is 1820 and there were no other Harrod families nearby, it seems likely that George was their son. Also, George named his first son, William. In 1830 both men appeared on the census records of Monroe Co., Indiana. It appears that the families relocated together.

WILLIAM HARROD was born on 26 Sep 1764 in Berkeley County (which originally was Frederick Co.), Virginia per his pension record, however, his date of birth is given as 21 October 1765 in Rachel Henton's notebook. Howard L. Leckey, in The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley says he was born 1 Oct. 1765, and cites Rachel Henton's notebook.  Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County in 1772. Frederick County was formed 1738-1743 from Orange and Augusta Counties, Virginia.
   

He began military service in 1780 in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania:

"As a resident of the county of Bedford in the state of Pennsylvania" William entered service  in a company of volunteers in the Pennsylvania Militia foot spies or foot rangers commanded by Capt. Thomas Paxton, that his service in said company for the term of upwards of six months, that the name of his first Lieutenant was John Lowery. Per Larry D. Smith, Mother Bedford and the American Revolution (1935 Sampson Dr., Apollo, PA 15613-9208: Closson Press, 1999), pp. 112-113 The second battalion was composed of recruits from the Ayr, Bethel, Colerain and Dublin Township (eastern Bedford County). Basically this area is now in Fulton County (all of Ayr Township is now in Fulton County). The second battalion was commanded by Colonel George Ashman in 1777. Colonel Ashman was assisted by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Paxton and Major Martin Longstrath. Among the captains listed was Evan Shelby.  In the year 1781 the numbering of the battalions and companies changed. What had been the second battalion in 1777 now became known as the first battalion with the one exception that the area of Cumberland Valley was now included in this battalion's juridsiction. For 1781 one of the company captains was James McKenny.

  

In 1781 he relocated to Lincoln Co., Kentucky. In his pension records, William stated that he "emigrated to what was then called Kentucky with his uncle Colonel James Harrod and settled in the County of Lincoln." The old Lincoln County encompassed Calloway, Marshall, McCracken, Graves, Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle and Ballard Counties. William stated that he enlisted again under the command of Captain John Cowan under the general superintendence of then Colonel afterwards General Benjamin Logan, remained in said company upwards of 18 months and at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783 he was dismissed from said company. (Service records of James Harrod as found in DAR papers of Nelda Ropp Kingman shows that he enlisted in 1774 in Capt. James Harrod's Co. in Mercer Co., KY. In July of 1779, John Bowman and 160 Kentuckians marched against the Chilicothe Indians. James Harrod led one wing in this action. Was in Logan's company in the Ohio campaign in 1780. Pvt. James Harrod, Lincoln Co., Militia.

Wm. Harrod's Rev. Pension, " . . . entered the service of the United States under the command of Capt. John Cowans . . . under general superintendence of then-Colonel afterwards General Benjamin Logan . . . remained in said company upwards of eighteen months . . . at the conclusion of the revolutionary war in 1783 . . . he was dismissed from said company."

     

Between 3 Mar 1783 and 5 Nov 1783 William was in court in Dutch Station, Harrodsburg, Lincoln Co., Kentucky when his uncle James Harrod at Dutch Station, was charged with "retailing spiritous liquors without license."  In a separate entry on the same day, William Harrod was also charged with the same offense. On 5 November 1783 Wiilliam failed to appear in court and was found guilty and "fined 10 pounds and also 50 pounds to be discharged by the payment of 1 pound, 15 shillings, 8 pence, 1/2 penny, making a total of 11 pounds, 15 shillings, 8 pence, 1/2 penny, and costs.".  (Michael L. Cook G.G., compiler, Virginia Supreme Court District of Kentucky Order Books 1783-1792 (3318 Wimberg Ave., Evansville, IN 47720-5940: Cook Publications, 1988), p. 12.)    

Between 1785 and 1786 he was in Fayette Co., Kentucky. In a deposition dated May 12, 1819 he said he'd lived at the house of his uncle James Harrod in 1785 and 1786. James Harrod, is said to have lived in Bourbon Co., Kentucky in 1782 and Fayette Co., Kentucky in 1785 but was in Nelson County on January 11, 1787 as evidenced by a lawsuit by Aaron Day who sued James Harrod for a bill run at Green River in Nelson County on that date. (Hattie Marshall Scott, compiler, Scott's Papers: Kentucky Court and Other Records (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society, 1953), page 107 and Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, 11 January 1787. In Mercer Co., KY record Box D-1 is a record of Col. James Harrod submitting a bill for expenses incurred at Green River, Nelson Co., KY which included 7 5/8 gallons of whiskey for him and his company.

     

 WILLIAM HARROD married LETITIA COOMBS, daughter of JOHN COOMBS and ALICE JOLLY, between 1785 and 1787 in Kentucky. Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington_Clay and Riley Counties Kansas, "He married Letitia Combes, whose parents were Quakers."
  
By 9 Nov 1785 William lived in Beech Fork, Nelson Co., Kentucky when Richard Parker entered 50 acres in Nelson Co., Kentucky on 9 Nov. 1785. This land was surveyed by Charles Ewing and it was described as being on the north side of Beech Fork adjoining Richard Nall and William Harrod. The land was assigned to Isaac McCarty. (Samuel M. Wilson, compiler, Kentucky Land Warrants for the French, Indian, & Revolutionary Wars (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1913, 1917, 1994), page 148 Bundle)

Perhaps he was the William Harrod who witnessed a treaty with the Cherokees on 28 Nov 1785 in Hopewell, Cherokee Nation. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 289-290 William Harrard witnessed the treaty with the Cherokees.)
    
He might have appeared on the tax list in 1787 in Nelson Co., Kentucky. (Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florence Love, compiler, The 1787 Census of Virginia: Nelson County (6818 Lois Drive, Springfield, VA 22150: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987), p. 1366 A William Harrald was listed with no land, no horses or cattle. I'm not sure which William Harrod this is. The location was Bardstown and southeastern present Nelson County.

On  11 Jan 1787 he was in Mercer Co., Kentucky. "Indenture from William Harrod to Peter Tardiveau was acknowledged and ordered recorded." (Cook G.G., Virginia Supreme Court District of Kentucky, p. 362.)
  
He appeared on the tax list on 24 Oct 1792 in Gabriel Cox's District, Nelson Co., Kentucky. William Herod appeared on the tax list but owned no land. Also in that district was a Richard Herod. (Helynn Carrier)

November 16, 1792 William Herod, James Herrald, Moses Herrald.  ("First Census" of Kentucky (Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1956), October 24, 1792)

December 3, 1792 Richard Herod, Isaac Herrald, John Herrald, Moses Herrald Sr., Wm. Herrald (These Herralds are probably Harrells). ("First Census" of Kentucky (Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1956), October 24, 1792)
   
Between 1793 and 1797 he appeared on the tax list between 1793 and 1797 in Nelson Co., Kentucky.He appeared as William Herrod in 1793, as William Harrard in 1795 and as William Harrod in 1797. (Nelson Co., Kentucky Taxpayers 1793-1799 (Miami Beach, Florida: TLC Genealogy, 1995), pp. 42, 44, 46.    

Between 3 Apr 1798 and 5 Apr 1798 he signed a marriage bond in Nelson Co., Kentucky for the marriage of Alcey Combs and Samuel Herron. John Combs, father, gave permission. (Herlynn Carrier)
    
 "Records and Minutes of the Fourteen Mile Regular Baptist Church, transcribed from the original . . . We the Church of Christ on Owens Creek in the County of Knox and Territory North West of the River Ohio, in the Illinois Grant, Was constituted as a church . . . adopted by this Baptist [sic] In the year of our Lord 1765, Being Constituted by Brother Isaac Edwards . . . " This came to be known as the Silver Creek Baptist Church.
   
He was la member of the Fourteen Mile Regular Baptist Church on 22 Nov 1798 in Knox Co., Ohio per "Records and Minutes of the Fourteen Mile Regular Baptist Church, transcribed from the original . . . We the Church of Christ on Owens Creek in the County of Knox and Territory North West of the River Ohio, in the Illinois Grant, Was constituted as a church . . . adopted by this Baptist [sic] In the year of our Lord 1765, Being Constituted by Brother Isaac Edwards . . . " This came to be known as the Silver Creek Baptist Church . (Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, pp. 210-211.)

On 1 Jan 1800 in Hardins Creek, Nelson Co., Kentucky, he was perhaps the William Harrold mentioned in this deed:  "Thomas Burke to John Chenault, $1000, 478 acres opposite the mouth of Hardins Creek, adj. Martin Nall, William Harrold." Although it's likely that Wm. Harrod resided in Nelson County, his name does not appear in the index of this book of abstracts dated from 1785-1808. The only other Harrold mentioned was a James Harrold who purchased 200 acres on Simpson Creek on 10 Aug. 1792. (Nelson County Historical Society, compiler, Abstracts of Deeds 1785-1808 Nelson County, Kentucky (PO Box 409, Bardstown, KY 40004: Nelson County Genealogical Society), p. 107

In 1801 he was a Captain in the militia in Clark County, Indiana. Also on the list was George Newland. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 333 Source: Ex. Journals Ind. Ter. of Vir. page 127. Militia of Clark County, Indiana Territory of Virginia.    

On 7 April 1801 Clark Co., Indiana the First session of the court held in Springville, Clark County, William Harwood, esq. met at the town of Springville. Springville was the first seat of the county. Springville waas about 1 1/2 miles southwest of Charlestown. The county seat remained in Springville until June 8, 1802 when it was moved to Jeffersonville. William moved to Indiana as shown in his statement found in "Proof of final payment" in his Revolutionary War records. (Helynn Carrier)

Between 1801 and 1806 he was a member in Silver Creek Baptist Church, Clark Co., Indiana, 12 Sept. 1801 In the minutes of the Fourteen Mile (later Silver Creek) Baptist Church show that the church agreed to hold meetings at William Coomb's once in three months.

    

11 Oct. 1801 Rachel Coombs was received to membership by experience and Lette Harrod accepted to membership by relation in  Fourteen Mile (later Silver) Creek Baptist Church
   
12 Dec. 1801 Bro. Harrod received by relation, Bro. William Coombs by experience in  Fourteen Mile (later Silver) Creek Baptist Church
   
12 Feb. 1802 his membership was accepted by the Fourteen Mile (later Silver Creek) Baptist church "by relation" and
   
13 March 1802 was "put forward" as an elder.

He was a justice of the court on 4 Feb 1801 in Clark Co., Indiana. (William Wesley Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe and Jacob Piatt Dunn, Executive Journal of Indiana Territory 1800-1816  1900; reprint Indianapolis, Indiana: Family History Section of the Indiana Historical Society, 1985), p. 10.)  

Between 4 Feb 1801 and 1 Jan 1806 he served as a Justice of the Court in Clark Co., Indiana.  (Helynn Carrier and Susan Atkins in Hereward Records and Papers, page 333. Her source was Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana

On 7 Apr 1801 in Springville, Clark Co., Indiana William Harwood [sic] Esquire met with others at the first sessions of Court held in Springville.

William Harrard was present at the July term of court, 7 Jul 1801,  in Springville, Clark Co., Indiana. Also present was Evan Shelby foreman. (An Evan Shelby enlisted as captain 10 December 1777 in 8th Co., Bedford Co., PA Militia, Capt. Jacob Hendershot's company included Captain Paxton, John Coombs, Nelson Jolly, and others.).
   
He became a member of the Fourteen Mile Creek (later Silver Creek) Baptist Church records dated 12 Dec 1801 and 13 Feb. 1802 in Clark Co., Indiana: "Bro. Harrod, Bro. Stewart, Bro. Newland received by relation. Bro. William Coombs by experience" into the Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 333)

A conflict occurred between William Harrod and the Abbots in 12 Dec. 1802 and was mentioned again 8 Jan. 1803 in the church minutes of Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church. (Helynn Carrier) 

William Harrod's membership in the church was active between 12 Dec 1802 and 8 Jan 1803 in Clark Co., Indiana and Susan Atkins shows that he was moderator from 1803 and 1806.

In 1802 and again in 1803 "Brother Harrod, Brother Jas. Stewart and Brother George Newland were nominated and put forward to the office of Elders in the Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church" On July 9, 1803 Brother Harrod asks the church to release him as Elder but the request was not granted. (Atkins, page 333)

By 9 Jul 1803 in Clark Co., Indiana, Wm. Harrard [sic] and Jacob Huckleberry were appointed Superintendent of Roads. (Helynn Carrier)

On 25 May 1805 George Newland was given a commission as Lieutenant of the militia and William Harrod was Captain. (Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe and Jacob Piatt Dunn, Indiana Territory Executive Journal, p. 38.)On 24 Aug 1805 in Clark Co., Indiana Thomas T. Davis & Betsey his wife sold to William Harrod 185 acres adjoining John Parks and Davis Gray. It was part of Illinois Grants land parcel #187, granted to Lt. James Davis in Clark Co., Indiana to William Harrod. Harrod paid one dollar per acre. Hereinafter cited as Wm Harrod Clark Co IN Deed. (Brad L. Cooper, IN: Deed-T. Davis &; Betsey to W. Harrod Clark Co. in "Clark Co., IN Deed - T. Davis & Betsey to W. Harrod," listserve message to Harrod-L@rootsweb.com, 9 Aug 2000. Printout dated 7 July 2002, Clark County, Indiana Recorder's Office, Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, IN 47130. Deed Book unknown (possibly 2 or 3) pages 315-317) 

 

On 24 Aug 1805 in Clark Co., Indiana, Thomas T. and Betsy (- - -) Davis on 24 August 1805 sold 185 acres of land (a part of Illinois Grants land parcel #187, granted to Lt. James Davis) in Clark Co., IN to William Harrod; on 21 February 1821 William and Letty Harrod "of Clark County" sold 120 acres to John Payton "of Clark County." (Harrod Families, PDF file, May 24, 2009, Sent to me via Michael Schwing, Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005)

On 1 Jan 1806 in Clark Co., Indiana William and his wife were accused of misconduct: "Bro. and Sister Harrod are guilty of disorder, by their conduct in the Church," per minutes of the Fourteen Mile Creek Church minutes. (Helynn Carrier) Also on the same date William's term in court ended.

On 7 Jun 1806 in Clark Co., Indiana, William Harrod was excommunicated:  "Brother and Sister Harrod appeared according to citation but Bro. Harrod refuses to hear the Church. Moved and Seconded to know what the crime of Bro. Harrod amounts to, -- and answered to Excommunication for not hearing the Church, when dealt with according to the rules of the Gospel. Sister Harrod makes Satisfactory answer to the Church and is forgiven," from the minutes of the Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church. (Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, page 212) A vote to excommunicate him was conducted on 12 Feb 1807.

On 12 Feb 1807 in Clark Co., Indiana Wm. Harrod voted for M.G. Clark. His name appeared after that of John Newland who also voted for Clark (Rebah M. Fraustein, compiler, Census of Indiana Territory for 1807 (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1980), p. 3)
   
 On 3 Nov 1807 in Clark Co., Indiana George Newland was appointed Lieutenant of a company of volunteers in the Militia of Clark County. William Harrod, Esqr. was appointed Captain. (Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe and Jacob Piatt Dunn, Indiana Territory Executive Journal, p. 54.)

He voted again on 3 Apr 1809 in Springville Twp., Clark Co., Indiana. William Harrod, John Harrod, George Newland, William Combs Sr. & Jr., Jon. Newland and Joel Combs voted in Springville Township for a representative to the Legislature of the Territory. Springvile ceased to be a town shortly after Clarksville was established. Originals of these lists are available in the Indiana Historical Society, William Henry Smith Memorial Library. (Charles M. Franklin, compiler, Indiana Territorial Pioneer Records 1801-1815 (Indianapolis: Heritage House, 1983), p. 13)
  
On 22 May 1809 in Clark Co., Indiana William voted again: Geo. Newland, Wm. Harrod, Wm. Combs Sr., John Newland, John Harrod, Wm. Combs and Joel Combs voted for a delegate to Congress, one member to the Legislative Council and one to the General Assembly of Indiana Territory. They were in Springville township. (Franklin, Indiana Pioneer Record, p. 17-18)
On 16 May 1810 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod made a purchase at the estate sale of Wm. Coombs. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 334-335).

He signed a petition dated  11 Dec 1811 in Clark Co., Indiana. It was a petition to Congress by Citizens of the Territory. (Helynn Carrier)

On 6 Mar 1813 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod sold land to John McConnell. No relinquishment of dower was noted. This could be because this was not their homestead or it could indicate that Letitia was deceased, but her name appeared on a deed in 1817. George Newland, J.P. was a witness. (Helynn Carrier)

15 Jan 1814 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod's name appeared in the estray book. (Helynn Carrier) 

On 4 May 1814 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod witnessed the will of William Reed.  (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

On 17 Jul 1817 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod and Leititia, his wife, of Clark Co., Indiana sold 13 acres, a lot in Charlestown to John W. Lang. The record would  prove that the land William sold on 6 March 1813 was not their homestead since Letitia was still alive in 1817. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

On 12 May 1819 in court in Charleston, Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod gave a deposition at the home of Evan Shelby concerning the names of the children of his uncle, Thomas Harrod, for a court case of Harrod vs. Harrod. He also stated that he'd lived at the house of his uncle James Harrod in 1785 and 1786 and that his Uncle Thomas was not in Kentucky at that time. (Hattie Marshall Scott, Scott's Papers, page 10) Susan Atkins says he gave his deposition on 15 May 1819 in a lawsuit against the heir of Col. James Harrod by the heirs of Thomas Harrod, brother of James. Regarding this matter William Harrod of Clark Co., IN was deposed on 15 May 1819. In his deposition he stated that "James, John, Levi and Samuel and the other orators as listed have always been considered to be the children of Thomas Harrod and that Thomas Harrod is his uncle."  He also said that the children of Thomas had visited their relatives in Mercer Co., KY. William stated that he lived in his uncle's house, Col. James Harrod, in 1785-1786 - Harrod's Heirs vs Harrod's Heirs, Box H 75 Mercer Co., KY. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, p. 301.) Note that this record proves that this William Harrod was a grandson of John Harrod Sr. and a nephew of the famous James Harrod who established the first continuous community in Kentucky.
 

On 29 Dec 1819 in Clark Co., Indiana a stray taken up by Sarah Reed near Silver Creek was appraised at $15.00 by William Harrod. Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

In 1820 both William and George Harrod appeared on the census. The George Herrod family was composed of 1 male 45 or older, 2 females 10-16, 2 females 16-26 and 1 female 45 or older. One member of the family worked in agriculture. William Harrod was on page 42, George W. Harrod page 37, Sarah Harrod p. 4. (page 10, 1820 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240,)

He and LETITIA COOMBS executed a deed on 24 Feb 1821 in Clark Co., Indiana: William and Letty Harrod of Clark County, Indiana sold 120 acres to John Payton of Clark County (reference to Ct. H. Rec. Cl. Co., Jeffersonville, Ind.). (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

In 1830 both William and George Harrod appeared on the census in Monroe Co., Indiana: William Hared [sic] was on page 32. George Herrod [sic] was on page 286.  (1830 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240)

On March 1831 in Scott Co., Indiana William made his application for pension and stated that he had been a private in the company of Captain Paxton in the regiment commanded by Col. Lyon in the Pennsylvania and Virginia line for a period of 6 months. The certificate of pension was issued 29 June 1833. On 7 Nov. 1832 William appeared before a judge of the Scott County Circuit Court, William Harrod a resident of Scott County said he was 68 years of age last September and made the following declaration:  "That he entered the service of the United State as a resident of the county of Bedford . . . Pennsylvania as a volunteer in a company of volunteer Pennsylvania Militia foot rangers commanded by Thomas Paxton that his service in said company for a term of upwards of six months was confined to and within the limits of the state of Pennsylvania during that portion of the year 1780 that service counted in saving the country and defending it against the Indians that he was not during the time aforesaid in any general engagement. The name of his first Lieutenant was John Laruens. He does not recollect that his company was under the command of any superior officers. After the expiration of the term of service as aforesaid he with the rest of his company was mustered out of service and received no written discharge that he never received pay for said services . . . On the first of the year 1782 he immigrated to what was then called Kentucky with his uncle Col. James Harrod and settled in the county of Lincoln, that sometime in the fore part of the year 1782 he again entered the service of the United States under the command of Captain John Cowan as a volunteer in a volunteer company of militia to defend the country against the incursion of the Indians, that he remained in said company upwards of eighteen months, that his services during the period aforesaid were confined to and within the limits of which was then called Kentucky and consisted in scounting the country burying those murdered by the Indians, guarding at Harrods Station, Harland Station, Harbisons Station, Fieldner Station, Hamptons Station, dutch station, etc, that he was not during the period aforesaid in any general engagement with the enemy that his company was under the general superintendance of then Colonel afterwards General Benjamin Logan of Kentucky, that he does not recollect the names of any of the inferior officers of his company. He was discharged from said company at the conclusion of the revolutionary war in 1783 without receiving any written discharge that he received no compensation from government for his services as aforesaid. John Harrod a clergyman and Jonathan Johnson and James Craig are persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood and who can testify as to this character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution as he has stated.
   
    His Revolutionary War papers state he was "a private in the army of the Revolution" and "is entitled to receive twenty dollars and ___ cents per annum . . . commencing 4 March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September every year . . . that he now resides in the state of Indiana and has resided there for the space of forty two years past and that previous thereto he resided in the state of Kentucky." This statement would suggest that he left Kentucky in 1791 but his memory might have been imprecise.
   
    He appointed John S. Mitchell his attorney to collect his pension for him and this document was witnessed by Zachariah Dowden and George Nicholas. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 336 and Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country, p. 246)

In 1840 William was probably the male aged 70-80 (born ca. 1760-1770) in the household of  Zachariah and Catherine (Harrod) Dowden in Owen Co., Indiana.  (Zachariah's father was born ca. 1755 or earlier.). (Helynn Carrier)

On 8 Sep 1843 William Harrod of Gossport, Owen Co., Indiana signed an affidavit stating that he'd lived in Indiana for 42 years and previous thereto he resided in Kentucky. Witnesses to this statement were Zepheniah Dowden and George Nichols.

He probably died circa 1846 in Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana. The History of Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties, Vol. 2, p. 508, says he died in Owen County, but gives no date or source.
   
Silver Creek Cemeterial, National Democrat Newspaper, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 21 May 1886, Mr. McCoy stated, "We see here also the name of Harrod. William and Samuel are the ancestors of this family. William Harrod, Sr., was a member and Elder of the old [Silver Creek Baptist] church as early as 1804. He lived in the vicinity of Memphis. Many years ago he moved to Bloomington, Ind., and died there."
   
A letter from William Harrod to Attorney John S. Mitchell; National Archives Revolutionary War Pension Records, photocopy of this letter is filed under Harrod - Direct Line, Revolutionary War Pension Records, William Harrod wrote a letter to his attorney, John S. Mitchell on 8 Sept. 1843 as follows: Gossport, Owen Co., Indiana. Dear Sir, With great respect I address to you a few lines. I am very unwell at present. I expect this will be the last lines that you will ever receive from me. I wish you to receive my pension and send it on as soon as you can conveniently and pay yourself out of the money. Yours with due respect, William Harrod. William signed his pension application with his mark.
   
1833 William Harrod of Scott Co., Indiana; private Pennsylvania Militia, born in Berkeley Co., Virginia in 1764, last payment: Madison, Indiana, 1846, aged 82 years, annual allowance $20.00, Sum received, Militia $50.00. She cited "Old Pension Record, Indiana State Library. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 336 p. 336)
   
Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country, p. 246. "He died at Madison at the age of 82 years."
   
Whisker Ph. D., Bedford Co PA Archives Vol. 3, p. 22 This source says he died in 1836, age 82 but the numbers don't add up.
   
Washington, Clay, & Riley counties Kansas, "...went to Muncie [sic] County, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their days with a daughter.

THE PROBABLE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND LETITIA

   
    SAMUEL HARROD21 born circa 1786 in Pennsylvania.  He voted on 11 Sep 1804 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.  He appeared in court on 8 Jan 1808 in Clark Co., Indiana.84   He married MARY ROBERTSON on 16 Aug 1810 in Clark Co., Indiana. He began military service in 1811 and served under General William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe in the fall. He began military service again on 10 Apr 1813 in Clark Co., Indiana. He married MARY WEIR on 19 Dec 1814 in Clark Co., Indiana.  He executed a deed on 13 Aug 1827 in Deputy, Jefferson Co., Indiana, Thomas Gasaway to Samuel Harrod 80 acres.  He executed a deed on 25 May 1841 in Jefferson Co., Indiana.  He married SARAH CAIN DAVIS on 11 Jul 1841 in Jefferson Co., Indiana.   He left a will on 28 Jul 1856 in Jefferson Co., Indiana.   He died on 8 Oct 1856 in Jefferson Co., Indiana.  He was buried in Gassaway Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Indiana.
   
    RACHEL HARROD was born between 1788 and 1790 in Kentucky.   She married JAMES M. DOWDEN on 18 Apr 1808 in Clark Co., Indiana.  In 1821 in Wayne Twp., Owen Co., Indiana, James Dowden and wife Rachel (Harrod) were charter members of the Union Church. She died after 1850 in Owen Co., Indiana.
   
    GEORGE W. HARROD was born circa 1795 in Kentucky.  He married MARGARET W. MCHANEY, daughter of WILLIAM MCKAMEY, on 13 May 1819 in Clark Co., Indiana.   He appeared on the census of 1820 in Clark Co., Indiana and on the census of 1830 in Monroe Co., Indiana.   He was on the census of 1840 in Daviess Co., Indiana.  He was a deacon for the Church of Christ.   He executed a deed on 4 Feb 1846 in Daviess Co., Indiana, On Feb. 4, 1846 in Book F, page 566 George Harrod purchased land from Charles Gibbison and wife for $100.00: SW quarter of NW quarter Sec 29 T3 R6. Witnesses were John F. Smith, Nicholas Wathen.   He executed a deed on 23 Dec 1848 in Daviess Co., Indiana, On Dec. 23, 1848 in Book G, page 540 George Harrod and wife sold 40 acres to Augustus Mattingly for $150.00 SW quarter NW quarter 29 T3 R6 West.   He was a Cooper before 1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.   He appeared on the census of 1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.  He executed a deed on 12 Mar 1856 in Daviess Co., Indiana, Daviess Co., Indiana Deed Book J, page 391 (See more details about George W. Harrod in a separate posting on this blog.)
   
    FRANCIS HARROD was born circa 1795.96   He appeared on the census of 1830 in Owen Co., Indiana.
   
    CATHERINE HARROD was born between 1798 and 1799 in Kentucky. She married ZACHARIAH DOWDEN on 28 May 1817 in Jackson Co., Indiana. She died after 1860 in Jackson Co., Indiana.
   
    ELSA J. HARROD was born on 2 Nov 1801 in Charleston, Scott Co., Indiana.  She married JAMES HARRELL on 10 Aug 1821 in Jackson Co., Indiana. She died on 6 Nov 1870 in Pecatonica, Winnebago, Indiana, at age 69.
   
    LETITIA HARROD was born on 11 Jun 1803 in Clark Co., Indiana.  She married THOMAS C. JOHNSON on 20 Aug 1821 in Clark Co., Indiana.  She died on 16 Jun 1869 in Owen Co., Indiana, at age 66.   She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Owen Co., Indiana.
   
    UNKNOWN HARROD was born circa 1804.
   
    ANNA HARROD was born on 5 Jan 1805.84   She married WILLIAM MITCHELL on 21 Feb 1823 in Washington Co., Indiana.